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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782463903321

Autore

Wainrib Barbara Rubin

Titolo

Crisis intervention and trauma response [[electronic resource] ] : theory and practice / / Barbara Rubin Wainrib, Ellin L. Bloch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub. Co., c1998

ISBN

1-78684-855-4

1-281-80602-1

9786611806026

0-8261-9694-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BlochEllin L

Disciplina

616.89

Soggetti

Crisis intervention (Mental health services)

Post-traumatic stress disorder - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Crisis, Trauma, and You: Theories of Crisis and Trauma; 3 How We Respond to Crisis and Trauma; 4 Principles and Models of Intervention; 5 Assessment for Crisis and Trauma; 6 Suicide and Violence: Assessment and Intervention; 7 Putting It All Together: The Pragmatics; Index

Sommario/riassunto

""The doctor said that the surgery on my wife's cancer was a failure and that there was nothing more that they could do. I felt as if I was in a bad movie, and everything around me had come to a halt."". ---James G., husband of a cancer victim. Crisis Intervention and Trauma Response are short term, problem-oriented, therapeutic interventions whose goal is to produce constructive change in the life situation of the client as quickly and directly as possible. Written in a lively and informative style, the authors present their successful General Crisis Response model for intervention. Using rea